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Friday, 19 June 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Silver
Silver does not react with clean air and water.
However, it becomes dull upon contact with ozone, hydrogen sulfide, and air polluted with sulfur compounds. Silver halides slowly decompose when exposed to light.
Anorexia Nervosa
Treatment of anorexia nervosa includes three main areas.
Restoring the sufferer to a healthy weight Treating the mental disorders associated with the illness Reducing or eliminating the behaviors or thoughts that originally led to the eating disorder
Snow
Snowfall has also been observed on Mars.
They were observed by the Phoenix probe. The snow fell from clouds flowing four kilometers above the ...
Phobos
Phobos is a very small moon. Its dimensions are 26.8 x 21 x 18.4 km.
Fungi
Mycelium can become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates, such as damp walls, spoiled food, etc.
Mycelia, grown on solid surfaces, are called colonies. Some individual colonies can reach extraordin ...
NASA
After the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, NASA began the development of the Commercial Crew Program (CCP).
It is a joint program with private corporations—SpaceX, Boeing, and the Sierra Nevada. SpaceX provid ...
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.
Amber
Amber possesses electrostatic properties.
It can produce static electricity when negatively charged by applying friction. Because of that, ancient Greeks named amber “elektron,” which became the basis for the word electricity.
Deimos
Deimos is suspected to be a stray asteroid that was directed towards Mars by Jupiter's gravitational field.
Moon
The Moon has a residual atmosphere whose pressure is 3×10-15 bar.
Its entire atmosphere weighs only 10 tons.